In his role at L-3, Mr. Butler was responsible for all business operations related to running a $15 billion corporation.
Key aspects included identifying operational risks and opportunities for the corporation, business integration, and leading all M&A efforts with a strategic focus on identifying / acquiring businesses to fill gaps within the company's business portfolio by enhancing technology and acquiring synergistic products.
During his tenure with L-3, Mr. Butler led M&A activities for 115 acquisitions and selected divestitures to help grow the company from $700 million to $15 billion over a 12 year period, in the course establishing due diligence procedures for all aspects of the transaction to quickly and accurately determine financial performance and growth profile, as well as, identifying both business and legal risks to accurately value a potential target and bound future risks to the corporation.

Prior to joining L-3 in 1997, Mr. Butler was CFO of Lockheed Martin Fairchild Division (formerly Loral Fairchild), a position he also held at Loral since 1992.Prior to that he held various controller and financial analyst positions within the Loral Corporation, which he joined in 1981.
Overall, Mr. Butler brings over 30 years of extensive leadership and experience in the defense and aerospace markets to the SYNEXXUS Board, with extensive leadership skills in financial and business operations areas.

Mr. Butler obtained a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Villanova University.

DAVID T. BUTLERVICE PRESIDENT, MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND CORPORATE STRATEGYMr. Butler coordinates L-3's corporate merger and acquisition activities and manages the internal sales and bookings performance of the company's divisions to ensure corporate goals are achieved.Mr. Butler most recently served as L-3's corporate director of planning and strategic development, a position he has held since 1997.He had over 15 years of management and strategic analysis experience with Loral Electronic Systems.A graduate of Villanova University, Mr. Butler received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

DAVID T. BUTLERVICE PRESIDENT, PLANNINGMr. Butler coordinates L-3's corporate merger and acquisition activities and manages the internal sales and bookings performance of the company's divisions to ensure corporate goals are achieved.Mr. Butler most recently served as L-3's corporate director of planning and strategic development, a position he has held since 1997.He had over 15 years of management and strategic analysis experience with Loral Electronic Systems.A graduate of Villanova University, Mr. Butler received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2007--L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that it has named David T. Butler III to the newly created position of Senior Vice President - Business Operations.In this new position, Mr. Butler will be responsible for mergers and acquisitions, acquisition integration, consolidation and business rationalization and a variety of other corporate functions.Mr. Butler will report to Michael T. Strianese, President and Chief Executive Officer of L-3.

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"Dave has been the cornerstone of our successful mergers and acquisitions effort for the past several years," said Mr. Strianese.

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Dave's role going forward is to be highly selective in finding accretive acquisitions that are synergistic and enhance our existing offerings."

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Mr. Butler was appointed Vice President of Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Strategy for L-3 in 2000.Previously, he served as Director of Planning and Strategic Development.Prior to that, he was a controller for Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems.He also held a number of financial positions at various Loral divisions.Mr. Butler is a graduate of Villanova University.